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  • The Paris Métro or Métropolitain (French: Métro de Paris) is the rapid transit metro system in Paris that began its operation in 1900. It is a symbol of the city, notable for its station architecture, influenced by Art Nouveau. It has 16 lines, mostly underground and 300 stations. Paris is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow. It carries 4.5 million passengers a day, and an annual total of 1.388 billion (2007). Châtelet-Les Halles, with 5 Métro lines and three RER commuter rail lines, is the world's largest underground station.
    La Motte-Picquet Grenelle Metro Stat...tif
  • The Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Mungo's Cathedral, was built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow. It is located right in the heart of Scotland's largest city and features beautiful stained glass windows. Beneath the main building is another church which contains the tomb of St Mungo. It is a remarkable example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
    Glasgow Cathedral - Scotland - 01.tif
  • The Cliffs of Moher are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north.
    Cliffs of Moher - 02.tif
  • The Roman Forum was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men.
    The Roman Forum - Rome - Italy - 01.tif
  • The Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Mungo's Cathedral, was built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow. It is located right in the heart of Scotland's largest city and features beautiful stained glass windows. Beneath the main building is another church which contains the tomb of St Mungo. It is a remarkable example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
    Glasgow Cathedral - Scotland - 02.tif
  • The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the world's oldest shopping malls. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan,  the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Mila...tif
  • Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel or St. Pauli Elbtunnel which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two tubes with 6 m (20 ft) diameter connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. This meant a big improvement for tens of thousands of workers in one of the busiest harbours in the world.
    Alter Elbtunnel - Hamburg.jpg
  • The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near the centre of Berlin on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The actual border at this point was the river Spree. The gallery is located on the so-called “hinterland mauer”, which closed the border to East Berlin and it consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall.
    East Side Gallery - Berlin - Germany...tif
  • Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. Originally a cattle market outside the city fortifications, it was named in honor of a visit of the Russian Emperor Alexander I to Berlin on 25 October 1805 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia. The Alexanderplatz also accommodates the World Time Clock, a continually rotating installation that shows the time throughout the globe.
    Alexanderplatz - Berlin - Germany - ...tif
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  • Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (OPW), an Irish government agency. Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the prison by the British and in 1923 by the Irish Free State.
    Kilmainham Gaol - Dublin - Ireland -...tif
  • L'église de la Madeleine (more formally, L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine; less formally, just La Madeleine), Madeleine Church in English, is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army.
    Eglise de la Madeleine.tif
  • Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was built anywhere from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
    Stonehenge - England.tif
  • The Cathedral of Berlin (German: Berliner Dom) is the largest church in the city. With an imposing and ornate facade, it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany, attracting thousands of visitors, year after year, from Germany and abroad. Indeed it was one of my favourite places to visit in Berlin.
    Berlin Cathedral - 01.tif
  • The Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore was built in 1503 by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono. It was finished fifteen years later by Cristoforo Solari, divided into two parts: one for the faithful and one for the nuns. Until 1794 the nuns were strongly forbidden to cross the dividing wall. The dividing wall has frescoes depicting the Life of San Maurizio by Bernardino Luini, a student of Leonardo da Vinci, which flank an altarpiece with an Adoration of the Magi by Antonio Campi. The convent hall (or hall of the nuns) is also completely painted. The partition wall, a work by Bernardino Luini, presents images of Saint Catherine, Saint Agatha, the Marriage at Cana, the Carrying of the Cross of Christ on the Cross and Christ died. On the vault of the hall is depicted a starry sky, with God, the Evangelists, and angels. Also in the convent hall there is an organ of 1554 by Giovan Giacomo Antegnati entirely by mechanical transmission, consisting of a keyboard of 50 notes and a pedal 20, constantly united to the keyboard. The organ’s case was decorated by Francesco and Girolamo de’ Medici da Seregno.
    Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero ...tif
  • Dunluce Castle is located dramatically close to a headland that plunges straight into the sea, along the North Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, and was the headquarters of the MacDonnell Clan. There is archaeological evidence of a village that surrounded the castle which was destroyed by fire in 1641. The site was also witness to the sinking of a colony ship that broke up on the rocks off Islay in 1857 with the loss of 240 lives.
    Dunluce Castle - Northern Ireland - ...tif
  • Dunluce Castle is located dramatically close to a headland that plunges straight into the sea, along the North Antrim coast in Northern Ireland, and was the headquarters of the MacDonnell Clan. There is archaeological evidence of a village that surrounded the castle which was destroyed by fire in 1641. The site was also witness to the sinking of a colony ship that broke up on the rocks off Islay in 1857 with the loss of 240 lives.
    Dunluce Castle - Northern Ireland - ...tif
  • The Bode Museum is one of the groups of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin and it is a historically preserved building. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904. Originally called the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum after Emperor Frederick III, the museum was renamed in honour of its first curator, Wilhelm von Bode, in 1956.
    Bode Museum - Berlin - Germany.tif
  • The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon (Spain). The Basilica venerates Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title Our Lady of the Pillar praised as "Mother of the Hispanic Peoples" by Pope John Paul II. It is reputed to be the first church dedicated to Mary in history. The architecture is of Baroque style, and the present building was predominantly built between 1681 and 1872.
    Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of th...tif
  • The cloister of the Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey is the work of the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch (in 1929). It is two floors supported by stone columns. The lower floor communicates with the garden and has a fountain in its central area.
    Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey Cloi...tif
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  • Morskie Oko lake (Eye of the Sea) is located in the Tatra National Park, Poland, at 1405m high and reachable on foot (2h) or by horse (35min). The lake is surrounded by few peaks, Rysy being the highest of them and also the highest point in Poland (2499m).
    Morskie Oko - Poland - 01.tif
  • St. Peter's Basilica is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churches in the world.
    St Peter's Basilica Sunset - Vatican...tif
  • The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is located in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in 70 AD, and was completed in 80 AD under his successor and heir Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (81–96). These three emperors are known as the Flavian dynasty, and the amphitheatre was named in Latin for its association with their family name (Flavius).
    The Colosseum - Rome - Italy.tif
  • Hell's Hole is a chasm where the incoming waters crash against rocky formations. Its located at Malin Head, Inishowen Peninsula, the most northerly point of Ireland.
    Hells Hole - 01.tif
  • Park Güell is a garden complex with many architectural elements designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It's located on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.
    Park Guell - Barcelona - Spain - 02.tif
  • The Roman Forum was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men.
    The Roman Forum - Rome - Italy - 02.tif
  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at "the fjord of light" in Ersfjordbotn, Tromso, Norway.
    The Fjord Of Light - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • A very special photograph for me. The very first time I saw the aurora borealis (aka Northern Lights) and this is how it looked like. This shot was taken at a small village called Ersfjordbotn in Tromsø, Norway.
    Aurora Tornado - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • Founded by the Etruscans about 2.500 years ago, Civita is perched on top of a hill among the valleys formed by Chiaro and Torbido streams, the little town appears clinged to the edge of a cliff where it dominates the wide desolated valley made up of calanchi. This isolation is the result of a continuous erosion that makes the tufa rock becoming thinner and thinner on an unstable layer of clay and sand altered by wind and rain. In 1695 the beginning of Civita's decay was signed by a terrible earthquake which, causing serious damages to the roads and buildings, compelled many inhabitants to leave the city. The continuous sismic activities that followed in the course of the centuries, brought a long series of landslides; for this reason, Civita almost became completely desolated. Today, in fact, only a very small number of people live there who are determined to keep this little fragment of rock alive.
    Civita di Bagnoregio - Italy - 01.tif
  • The Initiation Wells at Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal resemble underground towers lined with a 27-meter spiral staircase. They never served as water sources though, instead, they were used for ceremonial purposes that included Tarot initiation rites.
    Quinta da Regaleira - Sintra - Portu...tif
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  • Tempio della Vittoria is a marble memorial located opposite the barracks of Garibaldi. Inaugurated on November 4, 1928, on the 10th anniversary of Vittorio Veneto, it commemorates Milanese residents who perished in WWI. The memorial was a controversial issue since the earliest days of the project, prepared by Giovanni Muzio in collaboration with the team of Ottavio Cabiati, Alberto Alpago Novello, and Giò Ponti. The structure has an octagonal shape and features three floors. An impressive range of materials was used during the construction of the memorial. The interior holds a number of monuments, such as the magnificent Mausoleo di Teodorico and the elaborate Rosa dei Venti di Atene.
    Tempio della Vittoria - Milan - Ital...tif
  • The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of the world's oldest shopping malls. Housed within a four-story double arcade in central Milan,  the Galleria is named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877.
    Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Mila...tif
  • The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, a volcanic rock formation that is the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland and it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides.
    Giants Causeway - Northern Ireland -...tif
  • Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a famous rope bridge near Ballintoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede (from Irish: Carraig a’ Ráid, meaning “rock of the casting”). It spans 20 metres (66 ft) and is 30 metres (98 ft) above the rocks below. The bridge is mainly a tourist attraction and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. In 2009 it had 247,000 visitors. The bridge is open all year round (subject to weather) and people may cross it for a fee.
    Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge - Norther...tif
  • Trinity College Library Dublin is the library of Trinity College and the University of Dublin. It is the largest library in Ireland and, as a legal deposit or "copyright library", it has rights to receive material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge; it is also the only Irish library to hold such rights for the United Kingdom. The Library is the permanent home to the famous Book of Kells. Two of the four volumes are on public display, one opened to a major decorated page and the other to a typical page of text. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed.
    Trinity College Library Dublin - 01.tif
  • The Olympic Stadium was built for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had chosen Berlin in 1931 to host the 1936 Games. Hitler took advantage of the opportunity provided by the Games to present a propagandistic image of National Socialist Germany to the world. For the duration of the Olympic Games, for instance, signs forbidding Jews to sit on park benches were removed so as not to detract from the Third Reich’s portrayal of itself. The construction carried out for the Olympics was the Third Reich’s first large architectural project. At one side of the stadium, the main axis is expressed by two identical towers. They indicate the main entrance. The Olympic rings are suspended between the towers to symbolically complete the design of the portal. At the other side of the stadium, the continuity of the tiers along the elliptical perimeter is suddenly interrupted by the ‘Marathon Gate’. It is defined by two robust blocs that served to welcome the Olympic flame. The axis subsequently culminates with the ‘Führerturm’ which is the highest tower in front of the Marathon Gate. It heightens 75 meters (246 feet).
    Olympic Stadium - Berlin - Germany -...tif
  • Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. Originally a cattle market outside the city fortifications, it was named in honor of a visit of the Russian Emperor Alexander I to Berlin on 25 October 1805 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia. The Alexanderplatz also accommodates the World Time Clock, a continually rotating installation that shows the time throughout the globe.
    Alexanderplatz - Berlin - Germany - ...tif
  • Potsdamer Platz is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe, it was totally laid waste during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.
    Potsdamer Platz - Berlin - Germany.tif
  • The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near the centre of Berlin on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The actual border at this point was the river Spree. The gallery is located on the so-called “hinterland mauer”, which closed the border to East Berlin and it consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall.
    East Side Gallery - Berlin - Germany...tif
  • The Oslo Opera House is the home of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord and was designed by the architect Tarald Lundevall. The structure contains 1,100 rooms in a total area of 38,500 m2 (414,000 sq ft). The main auditorium seats 1,364 and two other performance spaces can seat 200 and 400. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with Italian marble and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water.
    Opera House - Oslo - Norway.tif
  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway with a human face shape.
    Aurora Face - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • Park Güell is a garden complex with many architectural elements designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It's located on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.
    Park Guell - Barcelona - Spain - 01.tif
  • Lough Tay is a small but scenic lake set in the Wicklow Mountains lies between the mountains of Djouce and Luggala, and is most easily viewed from above, from the R759 road or the Wicklow Way - a 129-kilometre (80-mile) long-distance trail that crosses the Wicklow Mountains. It is fed by the Cloghoge River, which then drains into Lough Dan to the south. The northern coastline forms part of an estate belonging to the Guinness family. It is edged with a beach of startlingly white sand, the dark peaty water and the white sand create a striking similarity to a pint (a glass) of Guinness.
    Lough Tay - Wicklow Mountains - Irel...tif
  • Christ Church Cathedral is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough. It is situated in Dublin, Ireland, and is the elder of the capital city's two medieval cathedrals, the other being St Patrick's Cathedral.
    Christ Church - Dublin - 1.jpg
  • Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, also known as The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick, founded in 1191, is the largest church in Ireland, with a 43-metre (140 feet) spire.
    St Patricks Cathedral - Dublin.jpg
  • Samuel Beckett Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area. It was designed by the spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
    Samuel Beckett Bridge - Dublin.jpg
  • The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a large, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. Considered the master-work of renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), the project's vast scale and idiosyncratic design have made it one of Barcelona's (and Spain's) top tourist attractions for many years.
    Sagrada Familia - Barcelona - Spain ...tif
  • Drottningholm Palace is built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), and is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces. The name Drottningholm literally means "Queen's Island". Since the reign of Johan III's the palace is surrounded by stunning Baroque gardens.
    Drottningholm Palace Park - Stockhol...jpg
  • Caracol Falls, or Cascata do Caracol, is a 426-foot (130m) waterfall about 4.35 miles (7km) from Canela, Brazil in Caracol State Park (Parque do Caracol). It is formed by the Caracol River and cuts out of basalt cliffs in the Serra Geral mountain range, falling into the Vale da Lageana. The falls are situated between the pine forest zone of the Brazilian Highlands and the southern coastal Atlantic Forest. The base of the waterfall can be reached by a steep 927-step trail maintained by the Lobo-Guará Project.
    Caracol Falls - Canela - Brazil.jpg
  • Belfast City Hall is the civic building of the Belfast City Council. Located in Donegall Square, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, it divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre. The exterior is built mainly from Portland stone and is in the Baroque Revival style. It covers an area of one and a half acres and has an enclosed courtyard.
    Belfast City Hall.jpg
  • Green Park is a park in the City of Westminster, central London. One of the Royal Parks of London, it covers 19 hectares (47 acres) and it meets St. James's Park at Queen's Gardens with the Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to Buckingham Palace.
    Green Park - London - England.jpg
  • Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It is situated along the Alsatian Wine Route and considers itself to be the "Capital of Alsatian Wine" (capitale des vins d'Alsace). In 2006, the city of Colmar had a population of 65,713. Colmar is the home town of the painter and engraver Martin Schongauer and the sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. The city is renowned for its well preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks and its museums, among which is the Unterlinden Museum.
    Colmar - 01.jpg
  • Castle Sant'Angelo is a towering cylindrical building in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.
    Castel Sant'Angelo - Rome - Italy.tif
  • Manarola, built on a high rock 70 metres above sea level, is one of the most charming and romantic of the Cinque Terre villages in Italy. The tiny harbour features a boat ramp, picturesque multicoloured houses facing the sea and a tiny piazza with seafood restaurants. Along the main road the boats are pulled onto dry land every time the sea is rough. And although there is no real beach there, it has some of the best deep-water swimming around.
    Manarola at sunset - Cinque Terre - ...tif
  • The Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square), in the Oltrarno district, Florence, Italy has perhaps the best panoramic view of the city. The panorama embraces the heart of Florence from Forte Belvedere to Santa Croce, across the lungarni and the bridges crossing the Arno, including the Ponte Vecchio, the Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello and the octagonal bell tower of the Badia Fiorentina. Beyond the view of the city itself are the hills of Settignano and Fiesole.
    A sunset in Florence from Piazzale M...tif
  • The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, a volcanic rock formation that is the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland and it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides.
    Giants Causeway - Northern Ireland -...tif
  • The Blue Grotto is actually a number of sea caverns on the south coast of Malta accessible by boats. Every day from sunrise until about 1 pm a unique sight can be observed here. The location of the cave combined with the sunlight lead to the water mirroring showing numerous shades of blue. Several caverns mirror the brilliant phosphorescent colours of the underwater flora; other caverns show a deep dark shade of blue. From this point you can see Filfla, the little island located 5 kilometres out at sea which is now a protected bird sanctuary.
    Blue Grotto - Malta.jpg
  • The Cathedral of Berlin (German: Berliner Dom) is the largest church in the city. With an imposing and ornate facade, it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany, attracting thousands of visitors, year after year, from Germany and abroad. Indeed it was one of my favourite places to visit in Berlin.
    Berlin Cathedral - 02.tif
  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway with a trident shape.
    Aurora Trident - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • A coronal Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway.
    Coronal Aurora - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway with a small boat named Aurora I in the foreground.
    Aurora I - Tromso - Norway.tif
  • Morskie Oko lake (Eye of the Sea) is located in the Tatra National Park, Poland, at 1405m high and reachable on foot (2h) or by horse (35min). The lake is surrounded by few peaks, Rysy being the highest of them and also the highest point in Poland (2499m).
    Morskie Oko - Poland - 02.tif
  • The R574 is an Irish regional road in the Beara peninsula which crosses the Caha Mountains via the Healy Pass. It runs from the R572 at Adrigole in County Cork to the R571 near Lauragh in County Kerry. It is a popular tourist route with the pass at an altitude of 300m giving panoramas towards Bantry Bay to the south-east and the Kenmare River to the north-west.
    Heally Pass - 01.tif
  • The École Militaire (English: Military School) is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities located in Paris, France, southeast of the Champ de Mars. It now hosts the Collège interarmées de défense (Joint defence college), and the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) (Institute of High Studies of National Defence).
    École Militaire.jpg
  • The Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore was built in 1503 by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono. It was finished fifteen years later by Cristoforo Solari, divided into two parts: one for the faithful and one for the nuns. Until 1794 the nuns were strongly forbidden to cross the dividing wall. The dividing wall has frescoes depicting the Life of San Maurizio by Bernardino Luini, a student of Leonardo da Vinci, which flank an altarpiece with an Adoration of the Magi by Antonio Campi. The convent hall (or hall of the nuns) is also completely painted. The partition wall, a work by Bernardino Luini, presents images of Saint Catherine, Saint Agatha, the Marriage at Cana, the Carrying of the Cross of Christ on the Cross and Christ died. On the vault of the hall is depicted a starry sky, with God, the Evangelists, and angels. Also in the convent hall there is an organ of 1554 by Giovan Giacomo Antegnati entirely by mechanical transmission, consisting of a keyboard of 50 notes and a pedal 20, constantly united to the keyboard. The organ’s case was decorated by Francesco and Girolamo de’ Medici da Seregno.
    Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero ...tif
  • The Olympic Stadium was built for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had chosen Berlin in 1931 to host the 1936 Games. Hitler took advantage of the opportunity provided by the Games to present a propagandistic image of National Socialist Germany to the world. For the duration of the Olympic Games, for instance, signs forbidding Jews to sit on park benches were removed so as not to detract from the Third Reich’s portrayal of itself. The construction carried out for the Olympics was the Third Reich’s first large architectural project. At one side of the stadium, the main axis is expressed by two identical towers. They indicate the main entrance. The Olympic rings are suspended between the towers to symbolically complete the design of the portal. At the other side of the stadium, the continuity of the tiers along the elliptical perimeter is suddenly interrupted by the ‘Marathon Gate’. It is defined by two robust blocs that served to welcome the Olympic flame. The axis subsequently culminates with the ‘Führerturm’ which is the highest tower in front of the Marathon Gate. It heightens 75 meters (246 feet).
    Olympic Stadium - Berlin - Germany -...tif
  • At 60Km from Bordeaux, in the South of the Arcachon Bay, it is the highest dune in Europe, the Great Dune of Pila (or Pilat). This dune reaches a height of 107m. At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range. The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch” district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape.
    Dune du Pilat - 01.jpg
  • The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is the national museum of Catalan visual art located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Situated on Montjuïc hill, the museum is especially notable for its outstanding collection of romanesque church paintings, and for Catalan art and design from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including modernisme and noucentisme.
    Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - ...tif
  • The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a large, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. Considered the master-work of renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), the project's vast scale and idiosyncratic design have made it one of Barcelona's (and Spain's) top tourist attractions for many years.
    Sagrada Familia - Barcelona - Spain.tif
  • Vernazza has no car traffic, and remains one of the truest “fishing villages”, probably the most characteristic of the Cinque Terre and is classified as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. It was founded about 1000 A.D. and was ruled by the Republic of Genoa starting in 1276. The tiny port is surrounded by subtle colourful pastels and the charming piazza is lined with good restaurants and bars. The village is surrounded by very steeply-terraced olive groves which are said to produce among the finest olive oil in the country.
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  • Riomaggiore is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when travelling north from La Spezia. The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town’s vineyards. The village has shoreline on the Mediterranean’s Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by the typical houses that have one or two-floor towers in order to use at best the place at disposal. Riomaggiore’s main street is Via Colombo, where numerous restaurants, bars and shops can be found.
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  • The Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris, France and is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being confiscated church and royal property. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
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  • The Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente, is at the very center of the city and the Piazza del Duomo. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and it was actually Napoleon Bonaparte who was responsible for it’s completion. As he was about to be crowned king of Italy in 1805 he gave assurances that the expenses to complete the facade would be paid by the French treasurer. The facade was completed even though the promise to reimburse the costs fell through. Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in the Duomo and a statue of him sits atop one of the spires.
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  • Kilmainham Gaol is a former prison located in Kilmainham in Dublin, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (OPW), an Irish government agency. Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the prison by the British and in 1923 by the Irish Free State.
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  • Trinity College Library Dublin is the library of Trinity College and the University of Dublin. It is the largest library in Ireland and, as a legal deposit or "copyright library", it has rights to receive material published in the Republic of Ireland free of charge; it is also the only Irish library to hold such rights for the United Kingdom. The Library is the permanent home to the famous Book of Kells. Two of the four volumes are on public display, one opened to a major decorated page and the other to a typical page of text. The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed.
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  • The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near the centre of Berlin on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The actual border at this point was the river Spree. The gallery is located on the so-called “hinterland mauer”, which closed the border to East Berlin and it consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall.
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  • The Olympic Stadium was built for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had chosen Berlin in 1931 to host the 1936 Games. Hitler took advantage of the opportunity provided by the Games to present a propagandistic image of National Socialist Germany to the world. For the duration of the Olympic Games, for instance, signs forbidding Jews to sit on park benches were removed so as not to detract from the Third Reich’s portrayal of itself. The construction carried out for the Olympics was the Third Reich’s first large architectural project. At one side of the stadium, the main axis is expressed by two identical towers. They indicate the main entrance. The Olympic rings are suspended between the towers to symbolically complete the design of the portal. At the other side of the stadium, the continuity of the tiers along the elliptical perimeter is suddenly interrupted by the ‘Marathon Gate’. It is defined by two robust blocs that served to welcome the Olympic flame. The axis subsequently culminates with the ‘Führerturm’ which is the highest tower in front of the Marathon Gate. It heightens 75 meters (246 feet).
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  • The Giant’s Causeway Road is the main access to the Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland’s most popular attraction. From the Visitor Centre you can walk for 1 kilometer or take a private bus service that will leave you right in front of the basalt columns. I would recommend you to choose the walking option though, so that you can fully experience the beauty of this place. There are four stunning trails at the Giant’s Causeway. From a pram friendly jaunt to a challenging coastal hike, there’s something to suit everyone. Recently upgraded as part of the Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre project, all are colour coded and offer breathtaking views.
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  • Sunset at a S-Bahn Station, Berlin, Germany
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  • The Reichstag building (German: Reichstagsgebäude) is a historical edifice constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag), of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged in a fire. After World War II, the building fell into disuse and partially refurbished only in the 1960s, but no attempt at full restoration was made until after German reunification on 3 October 1990, when it underwent a reconstruction led by architect Norman Foster. After its completion in 1999, it once again became the meeting place of the German parliament: the modern Bundestag.
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  • Tromvik is a village north of Whale Island in the municipality of Tromsø in Troms. The village has a primary and secondary school, farm, local fishing fleet and fishing industry. The village road west over the mountains towards Rekvik and east to Grøtfjord and Tromsø. Home to just over 100 people in Tromvik. Around 1950 there were about 250 inhabitants. The majority of businesses in Tromvik related to fish and fish Tromvik A / S is the village fishery.
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  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) reflecting on the water at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway.
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  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn village in Tromso, Norway.
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  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway looking like a huge meteor crashing on Earth.
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  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) at Ersfjordbotn in Tromso, Norway with a dragon shape.
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  • Port Hercules is the only deep-water port in Monaco. The port has been in use since ancient times. The modern port was completed in 1926, and underwent substantial improvements in the 1970s. It covers almost 40 acres (160,000 m2), enough to provide anchorage for up to 700 vessels. The port is located in the La Condamine district.
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  • The Nordic Museum (Swedish: Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age (which for purposes of Swedish history is said to begin in 1520) until the contemporary period. The museum was founded in the late 19th century by Artur Hazelius, who also founded the open-air museum Skansen, for long part of the museum, until the institutions were made independent of each other in 1963.
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  • The Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, commonly known as Galway Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Galway, Ireland, and is one of the largest and most impressive buildings in the city. Construction began in 1958 on the site of the old city prison, In 1965, it was dedicated, jointly, to Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and to St. Nicholas.
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  • The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. It is the second largest triumphal arch in existence (after Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang). Its design was inspired by the Roman Arch of Titus.
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  • The Louvre Museum is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris, France and is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet). The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being confiscated church and royal property. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
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  • At 60Km from Bordeaux, in the South of the Arcachon Bay, it is the highest dune in Europe, the Great Dune of Pila (or Pilat). This dune reaches a height of 107m. At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the Pyrenees Range. The Great Dune of Pyla is located on the “La Teste de Buch” district (Gironde) and it is a national listed landscape.
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  • The City of Arts and Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències; Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias is an entertainment-based cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia.<br />
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela, the project began the first stages of construction in July 1996, and was inaugurated April 16, 1998 with the opening of L'Hemisfèric. The last great component of the City of Arts and Sciences, El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, was inaugurated on October 9, 2005, Valencian Community Day.
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  • The Blasket Islands are a group of islands off the west coast of Ireland, forming part of County Kerry.<br />
They were inhabited until 1953 by a completely Irish-speaking population, when they were forcefully evacuated by the government to the mainland . Many of the descendants currently live in Springfield, Massachusetts, and some former residents still live on the Dingle Peninsula, within sight of their former home.
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  • The Cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiore (in English "Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers") is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.
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  • Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, it is the capital of the province of Toledo and the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage and historical co-existence of Christian, Muslim and Jewish cultures.
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  • Barcelona's opera house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, was founded on the Rambla in 1847 and has continued over the years to fulfil its role as a culture and arts centre and one of the symbols of the city.
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  • Barcelona's opera house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, was founded on the Rambla in 1847 and has continued over the years to fulfil its role as a culture and arts centre and one of the symbols of the city.
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